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New Product News – January/February 2017
Joe Scapellato On Fictionalizing Away From A Place That You Know
Jami Attenberg On Writing Her Worst Nightmare In “All Grown Up”
Booki Vivat On Doodling, Finding Your Purpose, And Laughing At Life’s Mortifying Moments
Adelia Saunders On How Her Adventures In Archives Shaped “Indelible”
The Revolution Will Be Musicalized
Preparing for the Challenges Ahead
M-E Girard On Gaming, Rewriting, And Creating Her Multifaceted Main Character
Hey! The Library Is Kind of Awesome! Current Trends in US Public Library Services for Teens
Lit Sparking Community Connections with Dynamic Book Programming
Measuring the Impact of Public Libraries
Candidates for a Fun-Filled Fall
Why Make? An Exploration of User-Perceived Benefits of Makerspaces
Going Inside the Box The Wired Library
New Directors Reflect
Jade Chang On “The Wangs Vs. The World”
Imbolo Mbue on Being A Reader Who Writes and Redefining the American Dream
UNDER THE RADAR | The Power of Story
PERSPECTIVES | Literacy and Parents
THE WIRED LIBRARY | How to Keep Your Library’s Facebook Page from Getting Hacked: A PLA Podcast Transcript
A Mind Like a Steel Trap: A Conversation With Kate Saunders
PL Talks With “Underground Airlines” Author Ben Winters
Writing My Way Through a Dark Tunnel: A Conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn
“The True Story of My Heart”– Kate DiCamillo Talks friendship, summer reading, and “Raymie Nightingale”
Applying Previous Library and Non-Library Experience to Best Advantage
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